Caecal Diverticulum Causing Catastrophic Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Child: A Case Report

Solitary caecal diverticulae are rare in children and presentation with massive gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is seldom reported. We present the case of a 13-year-old boy with a two-year history of abdominal pain and multiple inconclusive investigations presenting with a life threating lower GI ble...

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Autores principales: Eastwood, Mary Patrice, Milliken, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Ulster Medical Society 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35169336
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description Solitary caecal diverticulae are rare in children and presentation with massive gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is seldom reported. We present the case of a 13-year-old boy with a two-year history of abdominal pain and multiple inconclusive investigations presenting with a life threating lower GI bleed. We also review the literature surrounding solitary caecal diverticulae and caecal duplication cysts (CDCs).
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spelling pubmed-88354242022-02-14 Caecal Diverticulum Causing Catastrophic Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Child: A Case Report Eastwood, Mary Patrice Milliken, Irene Ulster Med J Case Report Solitary caecal diverticulae are rare in children and presentation with massive gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is seldom reported. We present the case of a 13-year-old boy with a two-year history of abdominal pain and multiple inconclusive investigations presenting with a life threating lower GI bleed. We also review the literature surrounding solitary caecal diverticulae and caecal duplication cysts (CDCs). The Ulster Medical Society 2022-02-11 2022-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8835424/ /pubmed/35169336 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ulster Medical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/The Ulster Medical Society grants to all users on the basis of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence the right to alter or build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creation is licensed under identical terms.
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